Trousers creaser and stretcher.



- UNITED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN' J'. SULLIVAN, 0F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS CREASER AND STRETCHER.

T0 dll whom t mag/concerns# Be it known that I, JOHN J. SULLIVAN, a resident vof Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful: Improve- ,ments in Trousers 'Creasers and Stretchers,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

This invention relates to improvements in garment creasers and its leading object is to provide a simple device which will form a sharp crease in the trousers' or garment along the entire leg ofthe trousers or garment. y

Another object of the invention is the provision of a creaser formed of spring wire with/ a crease forming edge integral with the (wire and formed thereon in the wire drawing operation, whereby the article may be lmanufactured at low-cost and easily assembled, and when assembled will present to the trousers leg a sharp edge which will, under tension, leave a. sharp crease in the trousers leg.

the invention consists of certain new and.`

useful combinations, constructions andarrangements of parts, clearl described inthe following specification ane fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of in improved creaser showing the spring legs etween the creaser members retained in tlieircontracted positions.

rig. 2 is va side view of a clamp for gripping the edge of the garment over'the creaser member to insure a positive sharp creasing of the trousers leg. I

Fig. 3 is a transverse\ sectional view taken.

on an enlarged scale, showing the creaser inserted in .the leg of a pair of trousers and a pair of edge clamps applied to the opposing edges of the trousers leg to draw the garment of the trousers leg over the creaser member.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through the retaining tube.

lvided with a spring coil.

'speincation of Letters Patent.L Patented Apr.8,` 1919. .gpplication led July 2f, 1917. Serial lira-181,954.

Fig. 5 is similar view showing a different position of the tube retained terminals ofthe relation of a-single' wire terminal to the retaining tube and tag thereof.

Fig 7 is a detail view of a Fig. 8 is a detail view of a plain loopk end. I A. Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the practical embodiment of the invention 5 designates the wire frame'of my improved trousersv creaser and stretcher, .which is preferably formed of4 a single length of wire and shaped to provide right and left or forward and rear creaser members 6 and 7.

The lower end of the creaser member 6 is curved slightly inward at 6a and the lower end of the creaser member 7 is curved slightly outward at 7 a, so as to properly shape the lower portion of the trousers leg.

The lower end portions of the creaser members 6 and 7 are connected to thespring legs or tension element 8, which consists of a V- shaped body of wire havin its end portions joined integrally to the emgl portions of the lower ends of theV creaser members bythe spring loops 9, whereby breaking of the connection will be avoided and, the creaser members will beheld outwardly under a proper tension.

The forward or upper portions of the creaser members 6 and 7 are integrally connected by the spring loops l0 to the spring leg 11, which is in the ,form of a V-shaped wire body. The terminals of the wire frame thus formed to provide the creaser members 6 and 7 and the tension legs therebetween,

`,are brought vtogether into confronting relaloop end pr'ol form a slot 14a in this tube to receive the abutments or stops 12 and 13. This tube 14 is formed of fiatsheet metal rolled upon itself around the terminalsso as to lock the same in endwise relation to each other. The

tube is formed on a strip of metal much tained in its original position by the interlocking of the stops 12 and'13 in the slotv-1-la of the tube 14, and by the shape of the'wire, whichis non-circular, owing to the sharp edge 16 formed on the wire 1n the drawing thereof'. The spring or tension legs connecting the creaser members toeach other are equipped [with hooks 1 7 -for holding said tension legs in contracted positions, as shown in Fig. 1. In using the device these hooks are irst unhooked and then the lower end of the device is inserted in the larger end of thetrousers leg.

The upper end portions ofthe creaser members 6 and 7 are directed outwardly so as to diverge from each other and correspond to the shape 'of the trousers leg. The inner portion of each tensionv leg or element is formed with a spring loop portion 18 for` in'- creasing the tension exerted by the element on the creaser members, and to prevent break i, ing ofthe wire at the bend of said element.

The creaser members kexert a pressure against the inside of the trousers leg, and to insure rapid creasing of the trousers I pro- Vide auxiliary creaser'clamps 19, which are in the. form of long U-shaped clamping bars providing a wide flange 19a anda narrower flange `or vjawA 19", both of which have outy wardly curved longitudinal edge portions 19, to permitvof easy .engagement with the trousers edge. The clamps 19 are lprovided with opposing handles 420, whereby the clamps may be opened and closed, as will be readily understood.

Owing to the'construction of the jaws of the clamps the fabric of the trousers leg will be drawn against the sharp edge of the creaser member, so that a crease will be formed in -a shorter lspace of time andthe crease will last longer whenformed.

In Fig. 7 I show a terminal loop with a spring coil 21, and in Fig. 8 I show a terminal loop 22 'of plain U--shaped construction.

Having described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters"`;Patent: -v

1. A garment creaser and. stretcher consisting of a one-piece wire frame shaped to provide opposing creaser members having sharp integral edges presented outwardly to engage thetrousers leg a'nd V-shaped tension elements integrally connected by openspring loops to said creaser members, the terminals of said frame being brought into confront ing relation at the narrower end of one of said tension elements and `formed lwith outwardly directed stops, and a tube having a frontin terminals -to lock said terminals to each ot er and having a portion extended laterally of the tube.

2. At` combined trousers creaser and stretcher consisting of a wire frame providing opposing crease forming bars each of said bars having `V-shaped outer edges, inwardly projecting spring'loop's, connecting said bars to eachother and adapted to eX- slot to receive said stops embracing said conpand such bars againstthe leg of the pair of trousers and Spring closed creaser clamps adapted to hold the garmentsnu-gly 'against 

